The Canadian makes its climb out of Field, BC headed up Kicking Horse Pass exiting snow sheds and a tunnel and about to traverse a slide area. Soon passengers will enjoy the Spiral Tunnels as the ... (more)

At home in the Manhattan cavern for which its dual-power capability was designed, Amtrak FL9 486 prepares to lead the westbound Lake Shore Limited out of town.

Milwaukee Road's northbound Train 3, "The Afternoon Hiawatha" is just about to come off the Mississippi River Bridge at Hastings, MN, about 18 miles southeast of St. Paul and almost 400 ... (more)

On a hazy summer morning two years before Amtrak, Penn Central train 81 between New York and Albany comes off the Harlem River lift bridge and enters the Bronx behind an ancient-looking P2b electr... (more)

One of each of EMD's 20-cylinder cowl units accelerate Santa Fe train 15, the Chicago-Houston Texas Chief, away from the stop at Joliet, IL, on a hazy summer afternoon. Warbonnet-painted FP45 5946... (more)

An impending thunderstorm has darkened a hot August evening as Santa Fe train 17, the westbound Super Chief, glides into Joliet Union Station past waiting passengers. With a five-unit lashup of F7... (more)

Tripleheaded silver E-units led by E9 9988B accelerate west through La Vergne, Illinois, with Burlington train 31, the Seattle-bound Empire Builder, which they will pass on to the Great Northern i... (more)

The next to last Western Pacific "California Zephyr" is ready to head West from Salt Lake City.

Everyone likes a mystery and this unlabeled Bob Ferge Kodachrome from my collection fits the bill. After a little digging and showing it to friends, it appears to be the Super Continental at Oba, ... (more)

Santa Fe #1 the San Francisco Chief is about to arrive at Joliet Union Station.

MILW 30A leads what I believe to be the Abe Lincoln out of Milwaukee, WI in December of 1971. Bob Ferge photo from my collection.

Amtrak's Coast Starlight makes good time in south Seattle on BN's mainline to Portland as it glides through S curves just north of Black River Jct. in October 1974. At this time the train was pret... (more)

The 805-D is on the point of the westbound California Zephyr as it zooms by at Magna, Utah near Salt Lake City. Photo from my slide collection, photographer's name unknown.

Canadian National train 65, the afternoon Rapido between Montreal and Toronto, speeds west near Coteau, Quebec, behind an A-B set of FP9 cab units. The morning and afternoon Rapidos were CN's prem... (more)

Pulling in SP's 16th St. Station to pick their first passengers for the trip down The Valley to L.A.